Adjustable cap



Aug. 18, 1936. M. HERTz *y 2,051,084

ADJUS TABLE CAP Filed March 13, 1956 TTORN EY INVENTO 272. i

Patented Aug. 18, 1936 ADJUSTABLE CAP Maurice Hertz, Flint, Mich. v Application March 13, 1936, Serial o. 68,679-

" 1 claim; (c1. 2-197) The present invention pertains to a novel cap to be worn by persons preparing, dispensing, or otherwise handing food. These caps are usually washable, and the invention is directed primarily, although not necessarily, to a washablercap.

The principal object of the invention is Yto provide a cap of this character of one given size and which may be used for several different head sizes.' Although caps having this adjustable fea-Y ture have already been proposed, there are difculties in adjusting them. One diculty is that when the cap is adjusted to a size larger or smaller than some particular intermediate size, there is either a bulging or a stretching of the material which detracts from the appearance of the cap and the ease of handling it. Further, there is diiculty in avoiding the formation of an opening in the side of the capwhen adjusting it to large sizes. Such an opening is objectionable from the standpoint of cleanliness with regard to both the food being handled and the head of the wearer.V Another object of the invention is to provide a cap wherein adjustments to large sizes may be made without forming an opening of the character mentioned.

These objects are accomplished by an overlapping construction at the bottom of the cap where the adjustment is made. The overlapping parts consist of two projections or flaps, one at each side of the cap, of suflicient size to prevent the formation of an opening and so constructed as to Iorm a neatoverlap in all sizes. These projections or flaps and the immediate adjacent parts of the cap carry complementary fastening elements, such as buttons and button-holes or snapfasteners, permitting fixing the adjustment to the desired head size.

'I'he invention is fully disclosed by way of example in the following description and in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of an overseas cap according to the invention used by waitresses and soda clerks;

Figure 2 is a front elevation with the culi' or brim removed to show the joint;

Figure 3 is a side elevation thereof in a flat condition;

Figure 4 is a side elevation of a cooks cap made according to the invention;

Figure 5 is a similar view with a portion of the cuff or brim omitted to show the joint, and

Figure 6 is an elevation similar to Figure 3.

Reference to these views will now be made by use of like characters which are employed to designate the corresponding parts throughout.l

The overseas cap shown in'Figures 1, 2, and 3 has its crown or body portion consisting of two identica-l and superimposed plies of material designated b y the numeral l. These plies are of substantially rectangular formation and consist of a 5 suitable fabricsuch as paper for a cap that is not to. be laundered. The plies are stitched together along the upper longitudinal edge at 2 and also along one of the shorter edges as indicated by thenumeral 3. 'At the last named edge, the l0 material may be continuous or integral rather thanstitched, but in either case, the plies aresecured to one anotherat this edge. l 'Y The stitching is continued downward along the remaining shorter edge for about two-thirds the l5 length thereof as indicated by the numeral 4, terminating at the point 5.

Beneath this point 5, the plies are forme-d each with an outward projection or flap 6 having its upper edge 'i preferably sloping downward from 2.0 the point 5 and its lower edge 3 in continuation of the lower longitudinal edge of the corresponding ply I. It follows that the plies are unjoined with respect to each other at the lower longitudinal edge and at one of the shorter edges beneath 25 the point 5.

To the unfastened longitudinal edges of the plies and their continuations into the flaps 6 is attached a cuff 9 terminating at the flaps and having rounded ends l 0. When this culf is turned 30 up it forms a brim for cap as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2.

The aforementioned unjoined longitudinal edges carry complementary fastener elements at the flaps and to some extent inward thereof. 35 In the cap shown in Figures 1, 2, and 3, these fasteners are in the form of snap fasteners I l, those on ply l being complementary to those on the other ply. After the cuir has been turned up the adjustment is made by lapping one of the flaps over the .other to such an extent as to bring into registration the particular complementary fastener elements that provide the desired size. To assist in the adjustment, the respective sizes may be indicated at the fastener elements. Because 45 of the provision of a plurality of elements on each side, the meeting edges are fastened together at two points at least, the overlapped edges are prevented from swinging relatively to each other. Also, it will be seen that no opening remains in the side of the cap even in the largest adjustment because of the provision of the projecting piece or flap 6 from each ply l. The construction is such that there is very little, if any, distortion in any adjustment; and whatever distortion may occur 55 is fully concealed by the cuff. Distortion to any appreciable extent is undesirable in that the cap is thereby rendered clumsy, and the elimination of such distortion and clumsiness is one of the important advantages of the invention.

The overseas cap is worn by persons handling food outside of the kitchen, and in the Figures 4, 5, and 6 is shown the cooks cap. In principle, the cooks cap is constructed in the same manner as the overseas cap. The bodyof the cap includes two identical and superimposed plies 20 integral or stitched together at one of the short edges 2| and joined together at the upper longitudinal edge by means of open mesh fabric 22 forming the crown of the cap. 'I'he material 22 is stitched to the plies 20 at a seam 23, and the projections 24 of the plies extend from this seam. In the overseas cap the projections extend from the forward seam 4, and in both cases, the seam occurring at the meeting edges of the projections resists the tendency to rip or tear at this point.

At the lower longitudinal edge of the plies is provided a cui 25 of the character described in connection with Figures 1, 2, and 3.

The adjustable fastening means consists of .a

series of button holes 26 along the lower longi-f tudinal edge of each ply near the free end thereof, together with a button21at the forward end of each flap. The desired head size is obtained by inserting the button on each end into the selected button hole onthe other end, and the head size may be indicated at the button holes if desired. As in the case of the overseas cap, there is here provided a two-point fastening that prevents relative swinging of the overlapping parts. The projections 24, being similar to the projections 6 of Figure 1, function in the manner already described and have the same advantages.

Although specic embodiments of the invention have been illustrated and described, it will be understood that various alterations in the details of construction may be made without departing from the scope of the invention as indicated by the appended claim.

What I claim is:

A cap comprising two similar substantially rectangular plies of fabric superimposed one on the other and constituting the crown and head band, said plies being joined together along one longitudinal edge and a short edge, thereby leaving said plies unjoined at the other longitudinal edge and at least partly along the last named short 20 edge,janoutward projection from each of" said plies at the unjoined portion at the short edge"v thereof, said projections being adapted to overlap.

each other in conforming the cap to the head `ofv the wearer, adjustable fastening means alongf-thez25rA unjoined longitudinaledges of saidlpliesY at said projections, and a continuous cui secured to said: unjoined longitudinal edges of said plies andco-f extensive with saidprojections, saidculbeingof f such width as to overlap said projections when turned upward. Y j l i j I NIAILIIRJICE-Hli`R'1Z.f 

